Spot New Tech Skills Emerging From the Workforce
The novel capabilities that technological change requires take shape as workers develop their own adaptations to new tools and systems.
Banu Saatçi, Chris Ivory, and Maria Laura ToraldoAugust 27, 2026Reading Time: 15 min
Summary:
Research into how companies can best help employees develop the skills to make use of new technologies finds that closely observing how ...
Listen to “Spot New Tech Skills Emerging From the Workforce” (15:50)
Across industries, companies are investing unprecedented sums in reskilling programs to prepare employees to use emerging technologies.1 The programs are typically built around forecasts of which skills, such as data literacy, digital fluency, systems thinking, and adaptability, will matter most. Each year, when the forecasts are updated, training courses — and their related costs — proliferate.
Yet in the three years we spent studying 10 European manufacturers navigating exactly this kind of technological change, we...
Copyright of this story solely belongs to mit.edu. To see the full text click HERE
